Fyter Fest (2023)

{{Short description|All Elite Wrestling three-part television special}}

{{Infobox professional wrestling event

|name = Fyter Fest

|image = Fyter Fest 2023.webp

|caption = Promotional poster for the Dynamite and Collision shows

|promotion = All Elite Wrestling

|liveevent = Y

|date = August 19 and 23, 2023

|date_aired = August 23, 25, and 26, 2023

|city = Lexington, Kentucky (Aug. 19)
Duluth, Georgia (Aug. 23)

|venue = Rupp Arena (Lexington)
Gas South Arena (Duluth)

|attendance = Night 1: 5,343[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=368946 AEW Dynamite #203 - Fyter Fest 2023 - Tag 1] CageMatch
Night 2: 3,228[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=368947 AEW Collision #11 - Fyter Fest 2023 - Tag 2] CageMatch
Night 3: 5,343[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=372353 AEW Collision #11 - Fyter Fest 2023 - Tag 3] CageMatch

|lastevent = 2022

|nextevent = 2025

|event = AEW Dynamite special episodes

|lastevent2 = Fight for the Fallen

|nextevent2 = Grand Slam

|event2 = AEW Rampage special episodes

|lastevent3 = Fight for the Fallen

|nextevent3 = Grand Slam

|event3 = AEW Collision special episodes

|lastevent4 = Fight for the Fallen

|nextevent4 = Winter Is Coming

}}

The 2023 Fyter Fest was the fifth annual Fyter Fest professional wrestling event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event aired as a three-part television special, encompassing the broadcasts of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite, Friday Night Rampage, and Saturday Night Collision, which aired on August 23, 25, and 26, 2023, respectively. Rampage was held on August 19 and aired on tape delay on August 25 on TNT, and it was held at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Dynamite and Collision were held on August 23 at the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia, with Dynamite airing live on TBS while Collision aired on tape delay on August 26 on TNT.

A total of 15 matches were held across the three shows. Five matches were held live on Dynamite, with three matches taped for Rampage in addition to one dark match, and six matches taped for Collision. In the main event of the Dynamite broadcast, Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) defeated The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship, in the main event of the Rampage broadcast, The Outcasts (Saraya and Toni Storm) defeated Hikaru Shida and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., while in the main event of the Collision broadcast, Darby Allin, Sting, Hook, and CM Punk defeated Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage and Swerve Strickland), Jay White, and Luchasaurus in an All In All Star eight-man tag team match.

Production

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; float: right; clear: right;"

|+ Other on-screen personnel

!Role

!Name

rowspan=7|Commentators

|Excalibur {{small|(both shows)}}

Tony Schiavone {{small|(both shows)}}

Taz {{small|(Dynamite)}}

Johnny TV {{small|(Rampage, AAA Latin American Championship)}}

Kevin Kelly {{small|(Collision)}}

Caprice Coleman {{small|(Collision)}}

Jim Ross {{small|(Collision, main event only)}}

rowspan=2|Ring announcers

|Justin Roberts {{small|(Dynamite)}}

Dasha Gonzalez {{small|(both shows)}}

rowspan=5|Referees

rowspan=3|Interviewers

|Renee Paquette

Lexy Nair

=Background=

Fyter Fest is a professional wrestling event held annually during the summer by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2019. After a rescheduling of the 2023 Fight for the Fallen, another annual television special that previously took place the week after Fyter Fest, AEW president Tony Khan announced that the fifth Fyter Fest would be held the week after that year's Fight for the Fallen during the go-home week for the All In pay-per-view, subsequently also moving Fyter Fest to August, which was previously held in July.{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/tony-khan-announces-aew-fyter-fest-2023-aew-all-out-go-home-week|title=Tony Khan Announces AEW Fyter Fest 2023 For AEW All In Go-Home Week|date=August 11, 2023|last=Tessier|first=Colin|work=Fightful|access-date=August 11, 2023}}

While the previous year's event was held as a four-part special, the 2023 event was reduced to a three-part special due to the rescheduling of the 2023 Fight for the Fallen. The 2023 Fyter Fest in turn encompassed the August 23 episode of Wednesday Night Dynamite on TBS,{{cite web|url=https://www.pwmania.com/aew-dynamite-fyter-fest-updated-lineup-for-next-wednesday|title=AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest Updated Lineup For Next Wednesday|date=August 18, 2023|last=Boone|first=Matt|work=PWMania|access-date=August 19, 2023}} the August 25 episode of Friday Night Rampage on TNT,{{cite web|url=https://www.pwmania.com/spoilers-aew-rampage-fyter-fest-taping-results-for-8-25-2023|title=Spoilers: AEW Rampage Fyter Fest Taping Results For 8/25/2023|date=August 20, 2023|author=PWMania.com Staff|work=PWMania|access-date=August 23, 2023}} and the August 26 episode of Saturday Night Collision also on TNT—Collision launched as a third program for AEW in June.{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/eight-man-tag-team-match-announced-for-next-weeks-aew-collision-fyter-fest|title=All star eight-man tag match advertised for AEW Collision Fyter Fest|date=August 19, 2023|last=Rose|first=Bryan|work=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online|access-date=August 20, 2023}} Rampage was taped on August 19 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky and aired on tape delay on August 25, while Dynamite and Collision were both held on August 23 at the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia with Dynamite airing live that night and Collision airing on tape delay on August 26.

=Storylines=

Fyter Fest featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|date=January 13, 2006|access-date=February 8, 2019|work=HowStuffWorks, Inc.|publisher=Discovery Communications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|archive-date=November 29, 2013|url-status=live}} Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision.

Results

=Night 1=

{{Pro wrestling results table

|times = {{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=AEW Dynamite results (8/23): Powell's live review of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Juice Robinson and The Gunns, Jon Moxley vs. Rey Fenix, Renee Paquette's interviews with MJF and Adam Cole|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/08/23/aew-dynamite-results-8-23-powells-live-review-of-kenny-omega-and-the-young-bucks-vs-juice-robinson-and-the-gunns-jon-moxley-vs-rey-fenix-renee-paquettes-interviews-with-mjf-and-adam-co/|date=August 23, 2023|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=August 23, 2023}}

|caption = Dynamite (aired live August 23)

|match1 = Jon Moxley defeated Rey Fénix (with Alex Abrahantes) by technical submission

|stip1 = Singles match

|time1 = 13:40

|match2 = Darby Allin and Nick Wayne defeated Mogul Embassy (AR Fox and Swerve Strickland) (with Prince Nana) by pinfall

|stip2 = Tornado tag team match

|time2 = 10:00

|match3 = Ruby Soho defeated Skye Blue by pinfall

|stip3 = Singles match

|time3 = 7:00

|match4 = Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) (c) defeated The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) by pinfall

|stip4 = Tag team match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship

|time4 = 8:05

}}

=Night 2=

{{Pro Wrestling results table

|results = {{cite web|last=Murphy|first=Don|title=AEW Rampage results (8/25): Murphy's review of Hikaru Shida and Britt Baker vs. Toni Storm and Saraya, Orange Cassidy vs. Aaron Solo for the AEW International Title|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/08/25/aew-rampage-results-8-25-murphys-review-of-hikaru-shida-and-britt-baker-vs-toni-storm-and-saraya-orange-cassidy-vs-aaron-solo-for-the-aew-international-title/|date=August 25, 2023|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=August 25, 2023}}

|times = {{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=368947|title=AEW Rampage #107 - Fyter Fest 2023|date=August 25, 2023|work=Cagematch|access-date=August 25, 2023}}

|caption = Rampage (taped August 19, aired August 25)

|note1 = dark

|match1 = Serpentico defeated Truth Magnum (with Turbo Floyd) by pinfall

|stip1 = Singles match

|time1 =

|match2 = Orange Cassidy (c) defeated Aaron Solo (with Harley Cameron) by pinfall

|stip2 = Singles match for the AEW International Championship

|time2 = 9:15

|match3 = QT Marshall (c) (with Johnny TV) defeated Gravity by pinfall

|stip3 = Singles match for the AAA Latin American Championship

|time3 = 8:49

|match4 = Luchasaurus defeated Ren Jones by pinfall

|stip4 = Singles match

|time4 = 1:09

|match5 = The Outcasts (Toni Storm and Saraya) (with Ruby Soho) defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Hikaru Shida by pinfall

|stip5 = Tag team match

|time5 = 11:55

}}

=Night 3=

{{Pro wrestling results table

|times = {{cite web|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/08/26/aew-collision-results-8-26-moores-live-review-of-cm-punk-sting-darby-allin-and-a-partner-vs-jay-white-swerve-strickland-luchasaurus-and-brian-cage-the-final-push-for-aew-all-in/|title=AEW Collision results (8/26): Moore's live review of CM Punk, Sting, Darby Allin, and a partner vs. Jay White, Swerve Strickland, Luchasaurus, and Brian Cage, the final push for AEW All In|date=August 26, 2023|last=Moore|first=John|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|access-date=August 26, 2023}}

|caption = Collision (taped August 23, aired August 26)

|match1 = Orange Cassidy, Penta El Zero Miedo, and Eddie Kingston (with Alex Abrahantes) defeated Kip Sabian, The Blade, and The Butcher (with Penelope Ford) by pinfall

|stip1 = Six-man tag team match

|time1 = 9:38

|match2 = The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) defeated Action Andretti and Darius Martin by pinfall

|stip2 = Tag team match

|time2 = 8:36

|match3 = Big Bill (with Ricky Starks) defeated Vary Morales by pinfall

|stip3 = Singles match

|time3 = 1:39

|match4 = Willow Nightingale defeated Robyn Renegade (with Charlette Renegade) by pinfall

|stip4 = Singles match